Who We Are: Live Local Act Consultants in Hialeah
Rental property owners in Hialeah call us to prepare and file their Live Local Act property tax exemption. What we do is careful paperwork and plain explanation: what the program requires, what your records show and what follows once each filing is in.
How Our Approach Came About
The Live Local Act offers a property tax exemption for qualifying affordable rental units, but claiming it involves more than one office. Owners need Florida Housing Finance Corporation certification, a DR-504AFH filed with the county property appraiser, resident income records, rents within the limits and fresh proof every year. What owners find difficult is rarely the forms themselves. It is knowing which document answers which question.
So documentation is the core of our work. Before anything is filed, we sit down with you at our office, or talk by phone and video, and go through your rent roll, leases and income records unit by unit. We note what is complete, what is missing and what may not fit within the program's limits, and you receive that list in writing before you decide anything.
We do not tell anyone an application will certainly be approved, because that decision rests with the agencies. We do commit to a file that is orderly, consistent and filed on time, with every step explained so you know where it stands.
What Every File Gets From Us
Straight talk on eligibility
The free eligibility check measures your units, rents and resident incomes against the program's thresholds. When a property probably will not qualify, we tell you early, before any time goes into filings.
Files that are easy to follow
Each income certification, lease excerpt and rent calculation we use is labeled and filed in order. When the property appraiser or FHFC has a question, the answer is already there.
Estimates labeled as estimates
The free savings estimate shows how the exemption might change your tax bill, using the figures you provide. We present it as an estimate, because that is what it is.
Planned dates instead of rushes
Certification, the county filing and annual recertification each run on their own timeline. We lay out those dates for your property at the outset so nothing hinges on a last-minute effort.
Working With Owners in Hialeah and Beyond
Our clients own rental properties across Hialeah and nearby communities such as Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Miami Springs, Doral, Opa-locka and Country Club. Since most of their filings go to the Miami-Dade property appraiser, we follow closely how that office treats DR-504AFH filings.
We meet at our office or by phone and video, whatever fits your calendar. Owners whose properties sit farther away, in places like West Little River, Brownsville, Gladeview or Pinewood, tend to choose video and shared document review.
- Hialeah
- Doral
- Country Club
- Miami Lakes
- West Little River
- Hialeah Gardens
- Pinewood
- Opa-locka
- Brownsville
- Gladeview
- Miami Springs
Start With a Clear Look at Your Property
Tell us about your units and current rents, and we will walk you through where your property stands under the Live Local Act. The review costs nothing and comes with a plain list of next steps.